Hampton in Arden Pre-School
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Solihull for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 12:15, 4 days a week. £18.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 1993, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £18.00Childcare component £24.00fee, 3 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £30.00 Registration feenot refundable, includes Preschool t-shirt
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £6.00 a session Consumables chargeincludes daily snacks, resources and materials, etc.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funding is available for eligible 2 and 3 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Solihull
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Solihull from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
B92 0DQWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 14 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children love their time at this warm, nurturing and inclusive pre-school. Staff treat children with respect and get to know them exceptionally well. Staff use their acquired knowledge to ensure that planning reflects children's interests and fascinations. Children become extremely focused and engaged in their play. They spend prolonged periods investigating and developing their ideas with skilful support from staff. Children confidently make choices. They are secure in the knowledge that they can select and use a range of resources to extend their play.
Children have numerous opportunities to spend time outdoors in the vast, natural learning environment. They develop their physical strength and agility as they lift and move large pieces of equipment such as crates and planks. Children delight in turning over the logs with staff to seek out the creatures that live beneath them.
Staff introduce and reinforce new vocabulary to support children's communication and language. For example, staff support children to distinguish between woodlice and slugs.
- 14 November 2024Outstanding
- 13 December 2018Good
- 11 July 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hampton in Arden Pre-School
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £18.00 a session still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.